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About Last Night ...
What you missed while being amused at the idea of Matt Leinart and Kurt Warner being roommates ... • MLB: Jose Reyes asks what the heck he has to do to win a game for the Mets. • World Basketball: U.S. pummels far east peninsula known for cooking cabbage underground. • Tennis: Federer begins defense...
Whitey Herzog Is Mad, Consarn It
As you would probably expect, growing up a Cardinals fan made us revere old Redbirds manager Whitey Herzog. (We even interviewed him once in college, though, to be fair, we weren't using the revolutionary interviewing techniques of ESPN.) He was the grandfather who would kick your ass, take you fi...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Mountain West
College football season is upon us, and to celebrate, we're going to get back into tiny tidbit mode and present four things you didn't know about each major conference. If you have a little-known fact about your team or conference, get it in quick, because there's only one day left. Mail to tips@d...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. UCLA recruit Kevin Love: Wait, there's basketball in Oregon? • 3 p.m. Golf with John Hawkins: OK, what's with all the teenage girls? Is this pro golf or Nickelodeon? • Wraps. Read Monday's chats: No! You can't make me!...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while dreaming of Bob Newhart with a headset... • NFL: Raiders' Randy Moss throws a bit of a hissy fit in game with Vikings as we suspected he might. • MLB: We still scoff at a grown man named Chipper, but he hit three homers, tying a major league record, to lead Braves' romp over Na...
Already Some Trouble At Kansas State
OK, OK, we know that new Kansas State coach Bob Huggins just got to campus, and he can't be blamed for any players who might have been around before he showed up. (As for those who inevitably show up in the news over the next few years, hey, maybe the Bengals can draft them as a tight end.)...
Free Post: Put Dawson In The Hall
Last week, we offered a free post anyone who could grab a Bruce Weber Bobblehead from a Schaumberg Flyers promotion. The blessed soul that is Jeff Kline, from a "hellhole of suburban vacuousness only seven miles away from Alexian Field," came through for us. So here's his free post, which has a nobl...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. NFL with Matt Williamson: I'm really looking forward to watching Matt Leinart this year. Could you talk to him? Please? • 1 p.m. NCAA FB with Mark Schlabach: Admit it, you're wearing a Georgia Bulldogs t-shirt, right? • 3 p.m. ...
You Know What? The Cardinals Might Just Suck, Eh?
Two seasons ago, we headed to Chicago in late September for a friends' wedding. This friend is a Cubs fans (yes, we have friends who are Cubs fans). The wedding happened to be the final weekend of the season; if you'll remember, the Cubs, a year after Bartman, were in the midst of choking away a g...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while praying for Janky Spanky... • MLB: Michael Tucker Must Die: At least the Nationals think so after 3-1 loss to the Mets. • Tennis: Federer almost blows a Gasquet, rallies to win second straight Rogers Cup. • Basketball: US stops Lithuania 111-88. We'd say this is probably a foul...
About Last Night...
• NFL: Packers 3, Chargers 17. Phillip Rivers, 15/21, 169 yards, 1 TD in the first half. I'm pretty psyched about that. Of course, I once said the same thing about Ryan Leaf. • Boxing: Oleg Maskaev def. Hasim Rahman via 12th round KO. And America mourns. • MLB:: Giants 5, Dodgers 6. I keep waiting f...
Today In The Premiership...
• Cristiano Ronaldo, hated by everyone in England a month ago, was actually welcomed quite warmly by the Manchester United fans at Old Trafford today. He notched a goal and an assist in United's 3-0 victory over Sevilla. After he and beloved Wayne Rooney got into it during the Portugal/England quart...
Continuing With The "Ohio State Athletes With Problems" Theme...
Mel Kiper Jr. might be more interested in his 40-time or his bench press repetitions, but I have a hunch that Deadspin readers may be more interested in this statistic about Ohio State tackle Alex Boone: He used to drink 30 to 40 beers a day....
About Last Night...
• Golf: It's the rare non-major tournament with golfers you've heard of: Stewart Cink, Tom Lehman, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, Ernie Els... of course, your leader is a guy named Tom Pernice, Jr. • MLB: Mariners 7, Rangers 14. Congratulations to those of you with Mark DeRosa on your fantasy teams t...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. Bengals' K Shayne Graham: As one of the few Ohio athletes who isn't incarcerated, how do you stay on the straight and narrow? • 2 p.m. Boxing with Dan Rafael: Just because I scream "Stop hitting me!" and curl into a ball by the ...
Can't Break Her Steelers Habit
This picture, which ran in today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, makes us happy in a way we can't quite put our finger on....
The Closer: The Fragile Psyche Of Roger Clemens
Notes from a day in baseball:...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while being berated by Nick Saban ... • NFL: Manning plays one series, Rams beat Colts 19-17 in exhibition thriller game. • PGA International: Phil Mickelson cannot stop the might of Mathias Gronberg. • MLB: Redbird singing in the dead of night/take these broken wings and learn to fl...
The Return Of The Rogue Agent
Remember David Frost? He's the hockey agent/coach/Svengali/asshole who held more than a little undue influence over young hockey players, including St. Louis Blues player Mike Danton, who later tried to have him killed. (Later, while in jail, Danton tried to reach out to Frost again, who had essenti...
We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 11 a.m. Brunch with Buzzmaster: It's not quite breakfast, it's not quite lunch, but it comes with a slice of cantaloupe at the end. You don't get completely what you get at breakfast, but you get a good meal. • 2 p.m. Dynamo MF Dwayne ...